Top Floor to Shop Floor: Business Insight for the Discrete Manufacturing Industry

To stay competitive, organizations are looking for ways to facilitate a smoother and more optimized global supply chain. But while companies are turning to business intelligence (BI) tools, many lack the ability to escape the gravity well of becoming data-rich while remaining information-poor. Learn how leading companies have eliminated the obstacles that hinder their ability to make better business decisions.

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This paper summarizes the benefits an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution provides to the entire manufacturing process, "from shop floor to top floor." Included are key features in a software as a service (SaaS) solution to help an auto manufacturer optimize performance throughout the enterprise. Read More

The cloud model of application delivery is an excellent way for manufacturing companies to get the benefits of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems without the need to build additional IT infrastructure. ERP functionality delivered from the cloud avoids the complexity and costs that often accompany on-premises ERP implementations, and typically provides a much more favorable total cost of ownership. Learn how cloud ERP facilitates the top practices for a top-performing production floor. Read More

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